Gilroy; Measure E

	Gilroy; Measure E

"Shall Section 703(f),(g) and (j) of the City Charter be amended to clarify and
establish the City Administrator's responsibilities and duties to make and
execute contracts for expenditures and bids and proposals approved by the
Council, to establish a purchasing system, and to submit periodic report
to the Council regarding City agencies?"

CITY ATTORNEY'S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE E


City Charter Section 703 currently specifies the City Administrator's powers and
duties, which include the power and duty to make and execute contracts on behalf
of the City involving budgeted or City Council appropriated expenditures of One
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500) or less on behalf of the City. This
measure amends this section of the City Charter to allow the City Administrator
to make and execute contracts involving expenditures that have been
appropriated by the City Council and to make and execute contracts involving
bids and proposals approved by the City Council without setting a dollar limit
on the contracts he/she may enter into on behalf of the City. The City
Administrator's contracting authority remains limited to contracts resulting
from appropriations approved by the City Council, however. This measure further
amends this Charter section to require the City Administrator to establish a
purchasing system to meet the needs of all City offices, departments and
agencies, deleting the requirement that the purchasing system must be
centralized. Further, this measure amends this Charter section to require the
City Administrator to submit periodic reports to the City Council, deleting
the requirement that  such periodic reports be prepared on a monthly basis.
Finally, this measure amends this section of the City Charter to make it
gender neutral by replacing "him" with "City Administrator".


LINDA A. CALLON 
City Attorney

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure E. If you desire a
copy of the measure, please call the City Clerk's office at 842-0202 and a
copy will be mailed at no cost to you.


ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE E



Charter Amendment


City Charter Section 703 limits the City Administrator to authorize only
contracts under $1500.00 (fifteen hundred dollars). This Charter Amendment would
make the city more efficient by allowing the City Administrator to execute
contracts on behalf of the City which have been formally budgeted or
appropriated by the City Council. The current charter specifies that the City
must have a centralized purchasing system. In today's high technology world, a
centralized purchasing system is no longer the only efficient process available.
This charter revision will give the city flexibility by allowing the City
Administrator to establish a purchasing system that meets the needs of all City
offices, departments and agencies. To make the city more productive, the City
Council recommends you pass Measure E.


City Council of Gilroy
Mayor Protempore K.A. Mike Gilroy


NO ARGUMENT AGAINST MEASURE E WAS SUBMITTED
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